Jets' O-Line......Troubles Me !!!

Improve it how? I dont see many quality linemen getting the axe this Summer. Im thinking Runyan may be a possibilty, they did afterall just draft Winston Justice

Id like to draft a road grader next year...RT is to me the biggest question mark. 6'7'', 340 lb Jake Long out of Michigan is my favorite as of now. Other options are at Texas' OG 6'4'' 330 lb Justin Blalock and 6'2'' 320 lb Justin Beekman out of BC. RT Levi Brown of Penn State (6'5'' 320) may also be an option.

I think I just pulled a Raiderjoe :breakdance:

 

Whys that? I just thought there might be some interest in some of next years prospects so I posted their measurables

 

You mean right after they signed him? It'll cost more to cut him than keep him.

 

The OLINE is fine, stop trying to look for ways to worry, im sure you don't need any more gray hairs.

Kendall is a real good guard and moore is on his third year playing his position, players usually play a whole lot better in their third year.

Our oline will surprise alot of people.

Our running game will be fine also, we will probably have a H back blocking (converted TE).

Our oline will be a finesse line, we might have trouble blocking the likes of a josh henderson and marcus stroud tandem, but tell me which oline doesnt?

 

yea i gotcha

 

I don't know much about Dallas Clark, but is this kind of the same player we drafted here (Pociask, TE/HB)? Someone compare these two types of players.

 

I think they are completely different. Clark is a pure recieving TE. He lines up as a WR a lot. Pociask, from what I've read, seems like a pure blocking TE. He will shore up a side of the line to run to and make that the strong side of the line.

An H Back that is successful in the passing game is Chris Cooley of Washington. I think that's possibly a better comparison.

 

LEVI BROWN IS OUT OF PENN STATE, don't be dumb

 

My mistake, I was thinking ND's Ryan Harris. But thanks for being so courteous about it...

 

Penn State will be the most underrated team next year as well as this previous year....they will get more recognition, but they still aren't picked to be top 10 , yet just watch....posluzny will be a better LB than hawk....

 

The Ol has gone from our biggest wekenss to maybe our biggest sterngth through FA and the draft. We actually have great depth on the OL now after th signings and draft. I'm not worried about the Ol at all, it may take a year to come together and for the young guys to pick up the NFL pace but we'll be fine long term- better than fine we will have a monster OL for years to come barring diastarous injury.

 

Can't fix everything in one year. And starting 2 rookies on the OL will be hard enough. 3 would be a disaster. Moore is good enough for another year, and Kendall is an excellent guard.

 

DAMN I cant wait for training camp to see all these new picks and to see how this OL will play together. Plus I cant wait to see how different the camp will be run after see'ing how Herm ran it these past few years. I most certainly will go see Mangini at camp this, but if was one of Herm's happy go lucky camps I was not about to make that trip again.

 

I agree for the most part. The depth is MUCH better. There are still a couple pieces missing though. The Jets do not have the heir apparent to Kendall yet and he is not getting younger. Expect them to draft a guard for this purpose next year. Also RT is a question mark too. Maybe Jones will turn things around and he will solidify the position. If not, expect them to draft a RT next year as well.

But still 2 question marks is much better than the entire line being in trouble. At least thif FO is making the lines a priority, unlike the last.

 

The last sentence is just untrue, the preivous regime did a great job continually bringing in new blood on the OL. Last year some guys were old, some got hurt and some were both. It was a crazy year but the old regime left some good players on the OL w/ Jones, Kendall and Moore.

 

They said exactly what you said after we drafted Cadigan & Powell. Last I looked we have still not won a SB since merger. I guess both players were before your time so you do not know the history of those OL picks.

 

If you look at any decent team, they draft 1-2 lineman for depth in addition to any immediate needs they might have. During the 5 years they drafted Goodwin, McKenzie, Jones, and Cavka. And Cavka was a 7th rounder. For Christ's sake, for 2 years they had Goodwin listed as the backup for 3 posistions - 3 POSITIONS!!!

They let Thomas go with practically no effort to keep him (which I think was the worst lose of that whole Redskins raid). I am glad they did not sign MsKenzie to a huge contract like the Giants. BUT, it never should have gotten to that point. The FO should have had him re-signed before he even smelled the FA market. But they didn't try until the last minute. It was an after thought.

The depth was so bad last year due to neglect they had to signed an over the hill Gragg and trade for Morley who couldn't even break into the horrid GB O-Line. This was BEFORE the injuries hit.

Then they tried to round out the depth chart with Missant, Katnick, and Snell. Now 1, maybe 2 projects are ok, but the entire OL depth was filled completely with projects.

Look at the past five years of NE, Pitt, and Philly and see how many OLineman they have drafted. Hell, look at any team Parcell's couched and see how many Olineman he drafted. 4 OL in 5 years is a joke, especially considering one is 7th rounder and couldn't even play last year (Cavka). The strength of the line comes from the depth chart because of how common injuries are. And the Jets were always one injury away from disaster. It was a joke.

 

After lossing our RT without even an attempt to sign him prior to FA or even during FA the same with our Blocking TE the Jets didn't draft a single OL player in the 05 draft. They deserved to be fired for that alone.